Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has blamed Congress following the 2008 Malegaon blast case verdict on Thursday. 

Speaking to reporters after the court verdict on Thursday, alleged that during the previous regime, "Islamic terror" was frequently invoked, and to counter it, the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government coined the term "saffron terror".

On Thursday, a special court in Mumbai acquitted all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The judgment comes after nearly 17 years since the attack was carried out in a Muslim-dominated area.